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Goblin Slayer Light Novel #14
Goblin Slayer, Vol. 14
HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE.
Goblin Slayer has been acting strange lately—to the point where he, of all people, proposes that he and his party embark on an adventure! At his urging, the group travels north across snowcapped mountains to a country of darkest night where they encounter an indigenous epic, a completely different language and culture, and the proud chieftain who governs it all with his beautiful wife. The inhabitants, meanwhile, claim that ghosts lurk in the sea to the north and that no ships return to port…Just what awaits Goblin Slayer and his companions in this new land?
Goblin Slayer has been acting strange lately—to the point where he, of all people, proposes that he and his party embark on an adventure! At his urging, the group travels north across snowcapped mountains to a country of darkest night where they encounter an indigenous epic, a completely different language and culture, and the proud chieftain who governs it all with his beautiful wife. The inhabitants, meanwhile, claim that ghosts lurk in the sea to the north and that no ships return to port…Just what awaits Goblin Slayer and his companions in this new land?
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 12, 2021
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December 29, 2024
This one was a great deal of fun for a variety of reasons, at least one of those being that the standard Goblin Slayer formula (go on adventure/engage in activity, discover a problem, the problem starts with goblins, resolve) is played with a bit. More on that shortly, however, since there's quite a bit to talk about.
So, first things first, character development in real life and in Goblin Slayer is slow. However, it shines like the Lighthouse of Alexandria when the obsessive hero of this series displays a desire to do something that is unrelated to slaying goblins. Ever since he was a small child, Goblin Slayer was a massive fan of Conan the Barbarian and Vikings. In fact, when asked if he wants to go to the homeland of the hero and people he so admires, he temporarily shuts down, because he never realized before that he could go. And in probably one of the most significant displays of character development for a man so traumatized that he obsesses every day about how to kill goblins, he actually responds that if he can go, he wants to go.
That's such a crucial and heartwarming change that it primes the reader to be quite excited to meet the Vikings, who are everything we (and Goblin Slayer!) would expect from fantasy Vikings... and more besides. There are plenty of references to Conan the Barbarian as well which even I, who have not yet read the Conan stories recognized (Thank you, Arnold Schwarzenegger!). Just as important, a significant portion of the novel is devoted to learning more about the Vikings and their culture, specifically through a Viking husband and wife who make quite the cute couple. There's a lot of cringeworthy whining from professional navel-gazers about respecting other cultures, but Kagyu-san demonstrates what that actually means and how to go about it instead of the horrifically boring lecturing so many Western fantasy "writers" think that means.
One line that perfectly caught the nature of that is contemplated by Dwarf Shaman: Every land has its own heroes... to insist on stealing the spotlight always and everywhere would be sheer arrogance. Even the great Hero, who plunged into battles for the fate of the world, wouldn't horn in on someone else's goblin hunt.
Yes, there are goblins. It's in the series title, they have to be there. Don't worry, as always, there is a twist! More enjoyable than the previous volume, for certain, and absolutely worth a read. How can it not be, when Priestess learns to play Warhammer and plays Ultramarines against Word Bearers?
So, first things first, character development in real life and in Goblin Slayer is slow. However, it shines like the Lighthouse of Alexandria when the obsessive hero of this series displays a desire to do something that is unrelated to slaying goblins. Ever since he was a small child, Goblin Slayer was a massive fan of Conan the Barbarian and Vikings. In fact, when asked if he wants to go to the homeland of the hero and people he so admires, he temporarily shuts down, because he never realized before that he could go. And in probably one of the most significant displays of character development for a man so traumatized that he obsesses every day about how to kill goblins, he actually responds that if he can go, he wants to go.
That's such a crucial and heartwarming change that it primes the reader to be quite excited to meet the Vikings, who are everything we (and Goblin Slayer!) would expect from fantasy Vikings... and more besides. There are plenty of references to Conan the Barbarian as well which even I, who have not yet read the Conan stories recognized (Thank you, Arnold Schwarzenegger!). Just as important, a significant portion of the novel is devoted to learning more about the Vikings and their culture, specifically through a Viking husband and wife who make quite the cute couple. There's a lot of cringeworthy whining from professional navel-gazers about respecting other cultures, but Kagyu-san demonstrates what that actually means and how to go about it instead of the horrifically boring lecturing so many Western fantasy "writers" think that means.
One line that perfectly caught the nature of that is contemplated by Dwarf Shaman: Every land has its own heroes... to insist on stealing the spotlight always and everywhere would be sheer arrogance. Even the great Hero, who plunged into battles for the fate of the world, wouldn't horn in on someone else's goblin hunt.
Yes, there are goblins. It's in the series title, they have to be there. Don't worry, as always, there is a twist! More enjoyable than the previous volume, for certain, and absolutely worth a read. How can it not be, when Priestess learns to play Warhammer and plays Ultramarines against Word Bearers?
December 11, 2022
This was actually a really different take than many of the previous volumes, it didnt feel like it had so much filler thrown in as the author needed to hit a min page count.
We are seeing more growth with Goblin Slayer, as this time, he wants to go on an adventure to a place he dreamt of going as a kid! It just gave me the warm fuzzies this book.
We are seeing more growth with Goblin Slayer, as this time, he wants to go on an adventure to a place he dreamt of going as a kid! It just gave me the warm fuzzies this book.
December 4, 2023
A fun Viking-themed adventure and a nice return to the goblin-slaying adventuring of previous volumes; it’s good to finally see Goblin Slayer take some agency and choose a quest for himself but the pace of his character development is glacial - while the other party members have nothing. These adventures are still enjoyable but where’s the actual plot?
February 19, 2023
Slaying goblins in the North sea? And the next volume in the grassy plain? Well, seems a bit boring already. Need more plots here.
January 10, 2023
Meandering
The translation was not very good. This negatively the flow of the book. The story seems more childlike and watered down than previous stories from the series. More of a book as an afterthought or obligation rather than something the author cares about.
The translation was not very good. This negatively the flow of the book. The story seems more childlike and watered down than previous stories from the series. More of a book as an afterthought or obligation rather than something the author cares about.
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